diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1a6537973..e23634ffe 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+Overview of changes in GLib 2.68.0
+==================================
+
+* Bugs fixed:
+ - !1987 build: Drop gconstructor_as_data_h usage from glib-compile-schemas
+ - !1989 glib.supp: Generalize some suppressions
+ - !1992 gbytesicon: Fix error in g_bytes_icon_new() documentation
+ - !1994 glocalfileoutputstream: Tidy up error handling
+ - !1995 tests: Fix copy/paste error in queue test
+
+* Translation updates:
+ - Czech
+ - Finnish
+ - Italian
+ - Korean
+ - Lithuanian
+ - Polish
+ - Romanian
+ - Slovenian
+ - Turkish
+
+
 Overview of changes in GLib 2.67.6
 ==================================
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 814ae593d..7bde033b5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('glib', 'c', 'cpp',
-  version : '2.67.6',
+  version : '2.68.0',
   # NOTE: We keep this pinned at 0.49 because that's what Debian 10 ships
   meson_version : '>= 0.49.2',
   default_options : [